I currently consult at a non-profit called Ashoka (ashoka.org), and volunteer for two other NGOs – Make A Difference (makeadiff.in) and Purkal Youth Development Society (purkal.org). Just 2 years back when I graduated in May 2015, I was one of those ... Read More

Homeless. Mentally ill. Living on the street. Filthy. Name forgotten. Family forgotten. Nearly naked. Muttering mysterious words. Lonely and lost.
Sounds familiar?
These are the people we see on the streets every day in our lives. But what do we feel ... Read More

The Crowd Fundraising efforts by Make A Difference (MAD) started in November this year, for raising funds for our kids at shelter homes, and it has been one of the best experiences of my life, teaching me some valuable things. But before I share ... Read More

It’s that time of the year when my phone starts buzzing every now and then with texts and missed calls from my juniors in Roorkee, mostly 3rd and 4th years, asking me for a comfortable time to call for they ‘urgently’ need help with their life ... Read More

This traces way back to 2004 when I used to live in a hostel inside the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association campus for a program called “Mission Olympics”, where we trained everyday, hoping to become the next generation of tennis stars of the ... Read More

These are two small real-life stories of the past and probably the best you’ll ever read. Note that it’s important to read both of them. Go ahead.
STORY – 1
Back in the early 1900s lived a notorious gangster who literally ruled the city of ... Read More

It was 12:45PM on a Sunday morning and I was sitting near the stairs of St. Patrick’s Boys School with 2 co-teachers beside me, teaching the topic “Plant & Animal Tissues” to 5 of our kids from the 10th grade. Having spoken continuously ... Read More

It was 2:00 PM on a normal office day and I was with my colleagues in a small café near the office, just eating and chatting. It was the topic of fitness today in our daily dose of discussions and everyone started talking about the gyms they went or ... Read More

Sometimes after a terribly tiring day of sports, teaching, work, and some more work, when I sit down to write this blog, I don’t have any energy left in me to think and write. The energy drinks too don’t really help as much as they claim ... Read More

Walking down the stairs of my office at 7:05PM on a Friday evening, with slightly hunched shoulders carrying my heavy bag, I headed towards the parking lot. I told myself that tonight is the night! The night I was waiting for days. It was date night! ... Read More

Back in April 2010, on one fine school morning, I was standing on the stage during assembly in front of all the students, giving my speech as part of the campaign for the upcoming school representative elections. I was nominated for the “Head Boy” ... Read More

My preparation for the Squash National Games has been going on for over a year now and the journey has been sensational. I started this game 2 years back with the aim of getting into the college team. However, just a few months into the game, I ... Read More

My journey into the entrepreneurial and start-up world started in my first year of college, when I got into the “Entrepreneurship Development Cell” of IIT Roorkee, known as EDC. EDC is a group whose aim is to promote the entrepreneurial ... Read More

I recently read an article on LinkedIn that depression rate of lawyers is the highest among all professionals. The article made sense, and that is the reason why movies and series about lawyers are damn interesting. Because it’s easy to make an ... Read More

And it all started when I was in the streets of Taiwan, happily eating my chicken burger (I’m pretty sure it was chicken) and sipping the famous bubble tea of the capital from a 7/11, walking down to the Environmental Engineering Department of ... Read More